Red,
Blood,
Sangre,
The pain of a thousand years in one single drop,
The quarrel of the knife and wrist,
As skin and arteries succumb to deft sharpness.
Just one drop,
My entire being in this miracle liquid,
My pain and my suffering,
My life
And reality,
Everything I know
Dripping down slowly,
Drop drop,
The pain of life is easing,
Coming out even
As the blood spills down my arm
In a glistening stream of
Red
Scars to join the battlefield.
Just one drop
Lets me know I'm real,
Just one drop
Sets me free for a while,
Just one drop
To start a river and let it all go
To let me know
Who I am in this world
And send me on to freedom.